Category Archives: Boundaries

Timothy Raeymakers – ‘What is a border?’ at Liminal Geographies

Posted on October 29, 2014 by stuartelden

Timothy Raeymakers asks ‘What is a border?’ at Liminal Geographies. Here’s the first paragraph and first image: What is a border? This question formed the backbone of a talk I was invited to give on ‘Borders & Conflicts in an Age … Continue reading →

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Edward S. Casey and Mary Watkins, Up Against the Wall

Posted on October 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Out in the next couple of weeks – the much-anticipated Edward S. Casey and Mary Watkins, Up Against the Wall: Re-Imagining the US-Mexico Border.  As increasing global economic disparities, violence, and climate change provoke a rising tide of forced migration, … Continue reading →

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Ebola reading list updated – including maps from Humanitarian OpenStreetMap

Posted on October 7, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve made some updates to the Ebola Reading List on this site. This now has two sections: General Reference, which includes NGOs, some government information, and some media sites sections, plus regularly updated maps from Humanitarian OpenStreetMap; and individual articles – … Continue reading →

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Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography – call for papers

Posted on October 3, 2014 by stuartelden

A reminder of this conference coming up at Warwick, with a call for papers. Please spread the word in your institutions to potentially interested participants.Please consider submitting a paper for the next Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography, held at the … Continue reading →

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Links on the Islamic State – from Burke to Esposito, Rogers to Zizek

Posted on September 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Back in June I posted a number of links – Explaining ISIS/ISIL – a roundup of things to read. Here are some more on the recent events. I’ve not generally linked to major news sources other than the Jason Burke piece and the … Continue reading →

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Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography – call for papers

Posted on September 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Please consider submitting a paper for the next Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography, held at the University of Warwick on 27-28 November, 2014. Full details here – keynote from Alex Jeffrey (University of Cambridge) Three travel grants of up to £250 … Continue reading →

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Ice Law project website launched

Posted on July 9, 2014 by stuartelden

A couple of weeks ago I said a little about The IBRU Workshop on International Law, State Sovereignty, and the Ice-Land-Water Interface that I attended back in Durham. The plan is that all participants to the workshop write a short summary … Continue reading →

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Jennifer Bagelman and Sarah Marie Wiebe on the Northern Gateway Pipelines Project

Posted on July 5, 2014 by stuartelden

My ex-Durham colleague Jennifer Bagelman and Sarah Marie Wiebe discuss the Northern Gateway Pipelines Project in The New York Times. They suggest the pipeline would function more as a border than a gateway: If completed, this border would cut across indigenous territory, … Continue reading →

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A Conversation between Stuart Elden and Babette Babich – Fordham University video

Posted on June 26, 2014 by stuartelden

A Conversation between Stuart Elden and Babette Babich A long discussion at the Fordham University television studios – ranges across my work and lots of topics, including territory today and historically, Lefebvre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Shakespeare… Many thanks to Babette … Continue reading →

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The Past, Present and Future of Drones in the U.S. – the al-Awlaki memo and an infographic

Posted on June 24, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to Philippe Theophanidis for alerting me that the official government memo that was used in the targeting and killing of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki has just been released, and for pointing to the analysis at NPR. This makes this infographic, recently sent … Continue reading →

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